We get this question a lot. “Which canvas is best for Bill’s method of oil painting?” It can be quite confusing when you walk into the art supply store. We are always surprised at the high prices these stores charge for canvas. You could stretch your own canvas, but watching the videos is enough to exhaust us. It's worth it to pay a higher price and let someone else stretch … [Read more...]
Are you using soupy paint?
Chicken soup may be good for the soul, but soupy paint is not good for Bill's method of oil painting! A student in one of our art courses emailed us the other day. He needed some help. His paint was getting “muddy” and sliding all over the place. Bill and Tom address this issue in their videos. Are you using the right paint? When somebody writes for help with this, … [Read more...]
Keep it thin!
When I started painting, I ran smack into this problem with my very first painting. I had so much trouble; I vowed that if I had anything to do with it, no one would get frustrated as I did. It’s funny when we think about it, though. We watched so many of Bill’s videos while we were editing them for the website. After a while, it began sinking in. When you see Bill … [Read more...]
“Learn to see!”
We found four new videos of Bill that never made it to television. Bill had strong beliefs about many things. He showed “no mercy” when it came to letting his fans know how he felt about something. Today’s video clip is about developing the most important skill an artist can have. In Bill’s autobiography, he mentions how he would take his students out into the field. … [Read more...]
Titian and the color wheel
Although Titian's works seem to many to have been created without much effort, this is far from the truth and those who think so are deceiving themselves. … The method he used is judicious, beautiful, and astonishing, for it makes pictures appear alive and painted with great art, but it conceals the labour that has gone into them. ~ Giorgio Vasari Tiziano Vecellio or … [Read more...]
A master at work!
Bill finishes up his mini-lesson on painting light by sharing some quick techniques on painting trees. You're also going to get a bonus lesson today on using the Big Brush. Isn't it interesting how no other artist knows how to use Bill's Big Brush? So the only place you're going to learn how to use it is right here! Notice the care Bill uses taking the paint off his … [Read more...]
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